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What is sexual assault?

What is rape?

Who are the victims?

• 1 in 6 women (16.6%)
• 1 in 33 men (3%)

victims of sexual assault are:

Who are the offenders?

• 2/3 of rapes are committed by someone known to the victim
• 73% of sexual assaults are perpetrated by a non-stranger
• 38% of rapists are a friend or acquaintance
• 28% are an intimate parter
• 7% are a relative

the offender's chances

Even in the 39% of attacks reported to police, there is only a 16.3% chance the offender will end up in prison.

Factoring in unreported rapes, about 6% of rapists will ever spend a day in jail.

This means that 15 of 16 offenders walk free.

How does society view sexual assault?

• victim is blamed, not perpetrator
• normalized sexual coersion (rape culture)
• "I can tell she really wants it."

A quick look at rape culture

In a survey of high school students, 56% of girls and 76% of boys believed "forced sex" was acceptable under some circumstances.

87% of boys and 47% of girls said sexual assault was acceptable if the man and woman were married.

65% of boys and 47% of girls said it was acceptable for a boy to rape a girl if they had been dating for more than six months.

A survey of 11-to-14 year olds found that:

51% of boys and 41% of girls said forced sex was acceptable if the boy "spent a lot of money on the girl."

31% of boys and 32% of girls said it was acceptable for a man to rape a woman if she had past sexual experience.

In a survey of male college students:

35% anonymously admitted that, under certain circumstances, they would commit rape if they believed they could get away with it.

1 in 12 admitted to committing acts that met the legal definition of rape, and 84% of men who committed rape did not label it as rape.

In another survey of college males:

43% of college-age men admitted to using coercive behavior to have sex, including ignoring a woman's protest, using physical aggression, and forcing intercourse.

15% acknowledged they had committed acquaintance rape; 11% acknowledged using physical restrains to force a woman to have sex.

How can we prevent sexual assault?

• recognize sexual coersion
• recognize sexual assault & rape
• establish "enthusiastic consent"
• education (in sex ed, parents, friends)
• SPEAK UP!

overall rate of sexual assault (per 100,000)

Works Cited

• Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. RAINN, 2009. Web. 11, April 2014.
• University of Illinois at Chicago. Campus Advocacy Network. UIC, n.d. Web. 11 April 2014
• Random Thoughts of a Crazy Liberal. Blogspot, 2010. Web. 11 April 2014
• Project America. Project.org, 2008. Web. 11 April 2014